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Art, music & theater at Minnesota

Minnesota graduates about 263 art, music & theater majors a year, 3% of its graduating class. That puts it 83rd of 668 schools we score for art, music & theater, a standout program at 81 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $52,000 four years out, 1.13× what the same major pays nationally.

Graduates a year2633% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$52,0001.13× the same major nationally
Research in the field$443Ka year, NSF
Admit rate80%whole school
SAT middle 50%1290–1500whole school

Around Minnesota

Scholars Walk
University of Minnesota - Scholars Walk (3099117518)Photo: A Gude · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
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Rose rugosa "Japanese Rose", umn - Flickr - odako1Photo: Koichi Oda · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
MinneAnalytics FARCON 2017 conference at the University of Minnesota in Minneapo
McNamara Alumni Center - atrium 06Photo: Runner1928 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The McNamara Alumni Center building at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities c
McNamara Alumni Center, University of Minnesota (32718108201)Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

Where art, music & theater happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Weisman Art Museum, Northrop Memorial Auditorium.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 73 · Athletics 10 · Fraternity or sorority house 9 · Dorm 5 · Student housing 5 · Chapel 3.

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Nearby in the art, music & theater ranking

  1. University of Denver 82
  2. Hobart and William Smith Colleges 82
  3. Davidson College 82
  4. Rochester Institute of Technology 81
  5. Rutgers University–New Brunswick 81
  6. St. Olaf College 81
  7. Furman University 81
  8. The Ohio State University 80

Other strong majors at Minnesota

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Minnesota with every school we score in art, music & theater. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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